I'll have to reconstruct my sick estate sale pick-up from the week before Christmas once I get done liquidating most of it. Some snipers got there an hour before me and picked up about a dozen games--judging from what was left behind I'm certain they snagged a Lunar Eternal Blue + Silver Star Story and probably a Star Ocean the 2nd Story.

If you're curious, here's some of the items I scored and that went right back out the door:

I paid about $10 for the guides (stack of 18) and $60 for everything else. In with the games I also picked up goodies like Breath of Fire 4 (disc only, with guide), Zone of Enders the 2nd Runner, Pokemon Red Version, about five-ish video game soundtracks (including Final Fantasy X, hack. sign, Zone of Enders, Lunar 2 Eternal Blue, Grandia 2) about $15 bucks worth of screamo music flips, Puni Puni Poemy DVD, Legend of Zelda Windwaker Strategy Guide for the collection (yes!), a Phantom Brave guide, a Sega Gamegear w/ battery expansion and 3 games, just too much to list.

Oh wait, there's more:Monster Hunter (Brady Guide) - Flipped to NorAm for $11NBA Jam Tournament Edition LongboxPhantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh - Minty discs. I actually didn't like this game once I tried it out, so I sent my scratched up copy (bought for $10 elsewhere) back to Goodwill and sold the good one to cut some of my losses.Diablo 1 and 2 Complete with both expansions.Berserk Manga 1-3 (Nice! These are good reads)

Okay, maybe $200+ worth of stuff when all is said and done. This sale wasn't all gravy though because they were somewhat disorganized with lots of empty cases and a binder full of PS2 games (which upon closer inspection were furnished by Memorex). I got suckered on a PC case which I thought was Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars for PC but turned out to be an unusable Pre-order deal. Gotta have a keen eye for this sort of thing!

Auction Hunters is another show like Storage Wars. I actually heard about it as somebody was telling me about an Atari that was mentioned on it (S1E4 Strated For Cash).

It seems as if it's always Atari 2600 on any of these types of shows and I figure because it was the first really popular home console system.

Details about the Atari found on the show -

Spoiler

They win a storage space with what was mostly computer stuff, as they are checking it out they find a box 2600 in the back of the mess of stuff. Don't show them selling it but mention twice that it's worth $250 (one time saying "up to $250"). I was thinking it would only sell for that much to somebody if it was sealed and what price they could stretch it for would depend on the condition of the box.

Auction Hunters is another show like Storage Wars. I actually heard about it as somebody was telling me about an Atari that was mentioned on it (S1E4 Strated For Cash).

It seems as if it's always Atari 2600 on any of these types of shows and I figure because it was the first really popular home console system.

Details about the Atari found on the show -

Spoiler

They win a storage space with what was mostly computer stuff, as they are checking it out they find a box 2600 in the back of the mess of stuff. Don't show them selling it but mention twice that it's worth $250 (one time saying "up to $250"). I was thinking it would only sell for that much to somebody if it was sealed and what price they could stretch it for would depend on the condition of the box.

I remember seeing a hefty price like that on Pawn Stars or the like for a working Atari console with 40 games. I think for pricing like that they just assume that they can jack up every pennied out game up to $4 and that they can get a premium if they can show the customer it's working...other than that they can let the bundle sit until the right middle-aged collector with a padded wallet comes along.

I actually know a guy like this who's into the Atari stuff; where I can get something like $20 for systems of unknown virtue and $1.50-$2 for cart fodder, no questions asked. Makes him happy because he gets stuff at 50-60% of what he's used to paying, makes me happy because the local market for this stuff is more like 5-10%

I don't think I could handle doing storage space auctions . . . I don't have the room or time for so much ebay-type stuff. I've been doing some basement cleaning . . . damn I have a bunch of systems to unload.

In one box I found a nice Platinum GBA SP that I just unloaded for $44 and a copy of Metroid Fusion that went for over $10. I cherry picked from the best of my left over rummage and sold off most stuff on Amazon during the holiday blitz . . . so its amazing to find stuff that I forgot I even had.

Auction Hunters is another show like Storage Wars. I actually heard about it as somebody was telling me about an Atari that was mentioned on it (S1E4 Strated For Cash).

It seems as if it's always Atari 2600 on any of these types of shows and I figure because it was the first really popular home console system.

Details about the Atari found on the show -

Spoiler

They win a storage space with what was mostly computer stuff, as they are checking it out they find a box 2600 in the back of the mess of stuff. Don't show them selling it but mention twice that it's worth $250 (one time saying "up to $250"). I was thinking it would only sell for that much to somebody if it was sealed and what price they could stretch it for would depend on the condition of the box.

I believe there was a specific model of Atari 2600 that was worth some money a while ago called the Darth Vader model. It was a six switch one with a black faceplate on the front of it that says Atari 2600 on it. I think I had the more common four switch model when I was a kid, which I sold off to some kids in the one housing project while visiting a buddy of mine's one nephew with him about 15 years ago.

At least I'm hoping it was the more common 4 switch model and not the DV model. Then again I dumpster dived like 90-95% of the games I had for it from a garbage can when the kids around here were leaving the local university for summer break. They used to leave piles of clothes in bags at the curb as well. Most of them still had tags on them.

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I believe there was a specific model of Atari 2600 that was worth some money a while ago called the Darth Vader model. It was a six switch one with a black faceplate on the front of it that says Atari 2600 on it. I think I had the more common four switch model when I was a kid, which I sold off to some kids in the one housing project while visiting a buddy of mine's one nephew with him about 15 years ago.

At least I'm hoping it was the more common 4 switch model and not the DV model. Then again I dumpster dived like 90-95% of the games I had for it from a garbage can when the kids around here were leaving the local university for summer break. They used to leave piles of clothes in bags at the curb as well. Most of them still had tags on them.

I had one of those...I may have given it to a friend for his b-day about 10 years ago when video games weren't collectible, yet were still cool to own. I'll have to check my Atari stash.

On a side note...My brother and I both had Atari Club jackets that we had to mail away for back in the day. They are probably worth hundreds now. I think my mom donated them in the mid to late 90s. They were bright Silver windbreakers with lining and Adidas style stripes on the arms and an Atari logo on the chest.

I would like to add I am addicted to the show "Storage Wars" about storage space auctions. I wanted to get into those, but now everyone will be there.

There is a Storage Wars marathon tonite. I managed to catch an on-demand episode (Time-Warner cable). Pretty good stuff . . . the one I saw had the midget with the stilts. How on earth did the guy get a storage locker with a mini-car?? The guy buying $20,000 worth of kitchen equipment for $2600 was pretty good . . . in that case you could see the value right away.

There is a Storage Wars marathon tonite. I managed to catch an on-demand episode (Time-Warner cable). Pretty good stuff . . . the one I saw had the midget with the stilts. How on earth did the guy get a storage locker with a mini-car?? The guy buying $20,000 worth of kitchen equipment for $2600 was pretty good . . . in that case you could see the value right away.

I watched a few episodes of that show and I think a lot of the "finds" were planted. In one of the episodes I watched, the guy who never changes his outfit (Jared, I think... the guy in the JNCO shorts with the "Outlaw" shirt) bought a locker he thought was a flop. It was filled with a dirty couch, several empty shoe boxes, some old food, rat poop and... a safe from the 1900s that was gold plated. Um, no. There's no reason that safe would be in that locker. The only explanation is that it was planted by the show's producers. It just stuck out like a sore thumb and did not fit in that locker in any sense.

I watched a few episodes of that show and I think a lot of the "finds" were planted. In one of the episodes I watched, the guy who never changes his outfit (Jared, I think... the guy in the JNCO shorts with the "Outlaw" shirt) bought a locker he thought was a flop. It was filled with a dirty couch, several empty shoe boxes, some old food, rat poop and... a safe from the 1900s that was gold plated. Um, no. There's no reason that safe would be in that locker. The only explanation is that it was planted by the show's producers. It just stuck out like a sore thumb and did not fit in that locker in any sense.

I don't think they plant stuff...The show is scripted though. That locker was in Inglewood. Most likely it was either broken into or the renter cleaned it out knowing they were not going to pay the rental bill. In either case anything of value was already removed, except for the safe because of the weight (Or the person that cleaned it out was not aware the safe was worth anything).

I don't think they plant stuff...The show is scripted though. That locker was in Inglewood. Most likely it was either broken into or the renter cleaned it out knowing they were not going to pay the rental bill. In either case anything of value was already removed, except for the safe because of the weight (Or the person that cleaned it out was not aware the safe was worth anything).

The problem is that the safe didn't fit in that locker in any context. Nothing else in the locker was similar to that safe, so I can't see why it was in there. Maybe a newer, crappier safe, but not a vintage early 1900s gold-plated safe. Why would someone have that in a locker they are storing food and shoes in?

The problem is that the safe didn't fit in that locker in any context. Nothing else in the locker was similar to that safe, so I can't see why it was in there. Maybe a newer, crappier safe, but not a vintage early 1900s gold-plated safe. Why would someone have that in a locker they are storing food and shoes in?

I dunno if the item was as strange as the condition it was in. It's one thing for a horder to pick up the odd broken-down collectible (speaking from familial observations here), but for something like that (identifiable etchings 'n' fancy lettering, the door wasn't falling off or rusted shut, etc.) most people would have at least tried a pawn or antique shop.

I don't think they plant stuff...The show is scripted though. That locker was in Inglewood. Most likely it was either broken into or the renter cleaned it out knowing they were not going to pay the rental bill. In either case anything of value was already removed, except for the safe because of the weight (Or the person that cleaned it out was not aware the safe was worth anything).

I finally saw the "safe" episode. I think this is a pretty logical explanation--the safe was viewed as too heavy to deal with--"we'll come back for it later"--which never happens.

I agree that the safe was out of place but if you've gone to enough rummage sales you know that this is a real possibility. I've seen sales with a bunch of absolute junk and then one valuable item that is totally out of place.

If you want examples of the improbable, what are the odds that someone will leave behind a $4000 coin collection in a storage locker???

I think the real problem with the show is that they are (for the most part) just showing us "sexy" highlights collected over months of taping. We are not seeing the duds . . . there must be numerous examples of poor purchases that don't fit the narratives.

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